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Brad Paisley
Singer + Songwriter + Musician
Male
Born
Oct 28, 1972
Age
40
Genres
Country rock + Co...
Instruments
Singing + Guitar ...
Performed With
Martina McBride +...
Record Label
Arista Nashville
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references. Paisley was the 2008 CMA and ACM Male… Read More
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Brad Paisley
Age 40
parents
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Douglas Edward PaisleyFather -
Sandra Jean JarvisMother
children
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William Huckleberry PaisleySon, Age 6
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Jasper Warren PaisleySon, Age 4
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Review: Kenny Chesney's 'Life On A Rock' Could Do Without 'Lindy'LATimes - 12 days ago
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George Jones Funeral: Laura Bush, Mike Huckabee To Speak; Charlie Daniels, Brad Paisley To PerformYahoo News - May 01, 2013
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Because 'Accidental Racist' Wasn't Strange EnoughHuffington Post - Apr 24, 2013
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Stephen Colbert And Alan Cumming Parody Brad Paisley And Ll Cool J's ... E! OnlineGoogle News - Apr 18, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1972
Birth
Paisley was born on October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, West Virginia, to Douglas Edward "Doug" Paisley, who worked for the West Virginia Department of Transportation, and Sandra Jean "Sandy" (née Jarvis) Paisley, a teacher.
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TEENAGE
1991
18 Years Old
Paisley graduated from John Marshall High School in Glen Dale, West Virginia, in 1991, studied for 2 years at West Liberty College (WV) and later was awarded a full-paid ASCAP scholarship to Belmont University, in Nashville, Tennessee (from 1993 to 1995).
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TWENTIES
1999
26 Years Old
After graduating from Belmont with a Bachelor's degree in music business, within a week Paisley signed a songwriting contract with EMI Music Publishing; and, he wrote David Kersh's "Top 5" hit, "Another You", as well as David Ball's 1999 single, "Watching My Baby Not Come Back."
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In 2000, Paisley's mainstream notoriety received a huge boost when he was exposed to his first national non-country music oriented audience on the TLC special, "Route 66: Main Street America."
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On February 17, 2001, Paisley was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry He was 28 when he accepted the invitation, and was the youngest member ever to join.
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2002
29 Years Old
In 2002, he won the CMA Music Video of the Year for "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)."
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THIRTIES
At the 2006 Grammy Awards, Paisley received four nominations: Best Country Album (for Time Well Wasted), Best Country Song (for "Alcohol"), Best Country Instrumental (for "Time Warp") and Best Country Vocal, Male (for "Alcohol").
Paisley toured April 26, 2007, through February 24, 2008 in support of 5th Gear on the Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour.
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Paisley was nominated for three 2008 Grammy Awards related to 5th Gear: Best Country Album (for 5th Gear), Best Country Collaboration (for "Oh Love" with Carrie Underwood), and Best Country Instrumental (for "Throttleneck").
Brad Paisley announced on January 26, 2009, his new tour named "American Saturday Night."
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On March 1, 2010, Paisley was the first musical performance with "American Saturday Night" for the second tenure of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The album's second single, "Old Alabama" (with Alabama), released to country radio on March 14, 2011, and became Paisley's nineteenth number one hit. "Remind Me," with Carrie Underwood, was released May 23, 2011, to radio.
On January 14, 2012, Paisley was a guest on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, during which he did a rendition of "Life's Railway to Heaven" by Charles Davis Tillman.
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